Payments Council chair admits cheque abolition plan was not well handled

17 June 2011

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Politicians have been listening to charities, and others, it seems, as this week they dragged the Payments Council over the coals for its handling of the cheque abolition question. Could this signal that cheques might be here to stay?

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They said it...

"I do not believe that there is a credible and coherent case for abolishing cheques."

Financial Secretary to the Treasury Mark Hoban

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